smouldering
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In Stourbridge near the UK's second largest city of Birmingham, smoke rose from smouldering ruins of several roofless houses as firefighters sprayed water on the wreckage Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
"I've never seen scenes like this in Britain, where you just see a whole house gutted, smouldering," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Instead, he returned to find nothing but smouldering ruins.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
In Kvitneva, it is not clear if the target was the railway itself or the warehouse beside it, which was also hit and was still smouldering hours later.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Thinking that I had probably asked a dumb, or worse, a wrong question, I coyly dropped my eyes and stared at the smouldering flames.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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